One of my New Years Resolutions is to grow a better garden this year. I've always judged my gardening success based upon how well my tomatoes perform and the past two years have been less than stellar. Several years ago I bought a Farmers Almanac, followed it faithfully, started my veggies from seed entirely too early (in January) and had the biggest and best crop ever. And unfortunately I've not been able to repeat that success. My hope is that this year will be different.
Earlier this month I bought a Farmers Almanac, organic seed starting mix and fumed at the difficulty of trying to find peat pots in January. As the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention and realizing that the lower half of waterbottles is almost the same size as peat pots, plus they retain moisture better and are recyclable, I decided to give them a try. From the before and after seedling photos, I believe necessity succeeded!
Per the almanac, the 8th and 9th were good days for starting seeds, and they must have been right because on the 12th the seedlings appeared. Ah, the promise of spring!
For now I'm watching the tomato, pepper, broccoli and fennel seedlings grow and sketching ideas for new planter boxes. I'm intrigued by the concept of the square foot garden and need to find a new method for keeping the dog out of the garden. (I've already learned how to deal with the rabbits...arugala and hardware cloth...but that's another post.)
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